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Literature, New Media, and NarrativeSat, 06 Dec 2014 00:55:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on Maybe the Future is Bright, Maybe? by aabenjaminhttps://worldsofwordcraft.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/maybe-the-future-is-bright-maybe/#comment-576
Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:55:00 +0000http://worldsofwordcraft.wordpress.com/?p=3297#comment-576First of all, I love this post because it made me laugh. But also, I agree with you. I tend to be cynical at times, but never about the future. The future gives us hope because where there is future there is time to change, and I think while technology gets a bad rap, that fear is poorly directed. Modern technology simply figures out new ways to do the same things humans have been doing for years; communicate, fall in love, learn, create things, even malfunction…and I thought a big loophole in H.G. Well’s story was that it was pretty surface level (hehe, pun). We never understood what the underground machine were nor did we get a believable exploration of who the Eloi and Morlocks actually were as beings.
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Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:34:47 +0000http://worldsofwordcraft.wordpress.com/?p=3283#comment-573I think this is a really cool ted talk and I wish it hit the nail on the head, but your comments towards the end of your post tell exactly why the hype is lacking. As long as these interpretations focus on a need to “update” gaming for more “intellectual needs,” they indirectly discount gaming culture. By pointing out how forms in gaming can become “exceptional” enough for the skeptic’s needs, it continues to perpetuate the idea of a “lesser” form. Theorists often miss the point when it comes to trying to manipulate a popular art form into an agenda. These kinds of projects never work out once you start trying to implant models on top of a medium that have little concern for the essence of the medium. An example would be how much educational games have failed. Sure they’re a wonderful break for brain-dead students in the classroom, but the students don’t consider it a REAL game. Then, the games like Poptropica which do foster educational exploration in an organic way, don’t necessarily fit nicely into our education system…maybe something else should change, here… (http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms)

On another note, I don’t know how I feel about the benefits to the eyes. I’m pretty convinced that because of my years of staring at various screens (tv, phone, laptop) my 20/20 days are gone :'(. See that? My eyes are watering right just looking at this white on black text.

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Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:28:22 +0000http://worldsofwordcraft.wordpress.com/?p=3273#comment-572You are letting that one translated comment veer you away from a very open and forward-thinking game environment.

“Every character (including, crucially, the protagonist him or herself) is fleshed out with an astonishing amount of writing and voiceover work. Notably, women and LGBT characters are given wonderful representation. Dragon Age: Inquisition has more interesting women driving the plot than any game in recent memory.

In addition to a number of gay and otherwise non-straight characters, Inquisition is also one of the only mainstream games I can think of to include an explicitly transgender character, written with care and confidence. Happily, the cast’s diversity feels less like deliberate progressive box-ticking and more like an honest attempt to portray the diversity that one might expect from an international coalition of this size.”

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Tue, 18 Nov 2014 02:53:50 +0000http://worldsofwordcraft.wordpress.com/?p=3287#comment-571I don’t think access has anything to do with lessening impressiveness of mastery; if anything it makes completion more impressive because it means the games are being won by “normal” people who still live functional, social lives. However, this doesn’t mean that some people will be annoyed by Two Bits and similar bars–there’s one in my hometown centered around board & card games; some friends of mine went and were borderline harassed for being what frequenters called “pseudonerds.” Yikes! (See Portlandia clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EMXRAWWiBw)
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Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:50:00 +0000http://worldsofwordcraft.wordpress.com/?p=3280#comment-570Watching someone go down that dark corridor and BEING the one walking down it can completely change the impact of a moment.
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Fri, 14 Nov 2014 19:34:59 +0000http://worldsofwordcraft.wordpress.com/?p=3273#comment-569How somebody simply ignores that they are addressing a wide audience and either actively or accidentally refers to only one side is beyond me. I always have that little voice in the back of my head telling me things like that when I do it accidentally. It is called “proof reading”.
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Wed, 12 Nov 2014 04:58:59 +0000http://worldsofwordcraft.wordpress.com/?p=3230#comment-567Right now, there seems to be games that incorporate comedy into their narrative/game design, but none who’s sole focus is humor. However, as we have learned over the duration of this class, games range in function and purpose. I’m sure we are not far off from a game that exists only to generate laughs
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Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:04:19 +0000http://worldsofwordcraft.wordpress.com/?p=3230#comment-566I like the idea of a funny video game, as they are supposed to be relaxing, but I don’t think it would pan out in the long term. While they are relaxing, most gamers’ competitive spirit gets in the way of that. There have been games like Gary’s Mod and Goat Simulator, which were made to be funny, but like all jokes, they get old. The games that last are the ones we take seriously and compete either against ourselves or online players, even simply a high score. I will say, though, that if a game developer could develop a game with high replay value and is hilarious, that would be genius.
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Tue, 11 Nov 2014 04:25:43 +0000http://worldsofwordcraft.wordpress.com/?p=3211#comment-565[…] while I was keeping up with the current controversy surrounding Gamergate, which was the subject of my last post. Developed by one of the female developers targeted by the Gamergate movement, Depression Quest is […]
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Fri, 07 Nov 2014 23:44:38 +0000http://worldsofwordcraft.wordpress.com/?p=3230#comment-564Humor is not jokes for me in video games, it is the often silly nature to destroy the mood or tone. Nothing like playing Red Faction: Guerilla and smacking people with a sledgehammer, they crumple so well.
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